Université Montpellier 2Sciences et Techniques

April 2013

University location

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• 1220: creation of Montpellier Medical School • 1289: creation of the medieval University hosting a Faculty of Medicine

and the Faculties of Law and Arts• 1808: Napoléon the 1st founded the Faculty of Sciences• 1963: the Faculty of Sciences of Montpellier was settled on the

« Triolet » campus• 1970: the Faculty of Sciences becomes the University of Sciences and

Techniques of Languedoc (today called Université Montpellier 2)• 2013: celebration of the 50 anniversary of the campus • 2015: expected merger of the Université Montpellier 1 and University

Montpellier 2 creating a new Université of Montpellier

History The Université Montpellier 2 celebrated the bicentenary of its creation in 2009

Key data• 16 224 students

(58% Bachelor - 36% Master’s - 6% PhD)

• 2 564 employees (including 1 496 lecturers/researchers and 1 068 administrative staff)

• 111 buildings (30% scientific laboratories)

• 304 600 m2 of buildings on 15 sites in Languedoc-Roussillon department

• 226 M€ of budget

• 9/82th in France (Shanghai ranking 2012)

EDUCATION

7 academic facultiesFaculty of SciencesPolytech Montpellier (Engineering School)

Institute of Business Administration (Institute with scientific and management competencies)

3 IUT, Technology Institutes: * Montpellier (annex in Sète)

* Nîmes* Béziers

IUFM, Teacher Training College* (sites: Montpellier, Nîmes, Perpignan, Carcassonne, Mende)

* The IUFM will become Faculties of Education in September 2013

FRANCE

Education: key data

230 degrees:

209 national degrees 21 university degrees

• 20 DUT – Technical degrees (2 years)• 11 Bachelor degrees• 38 professional Bachelor specialities • 94 Master’s degrees• 10 Engineering degrees

RESEARCH

5 Research Centers

Biology and Health

Priority subjects:

• Molecular & Cellular Biology• Genetics & Development• Control of Proliferation & Cancer• Neurobiology• Infectious Process & Parasites• Physiology & Plastic Surgery

CHEMISTRY

Priority subjects:

• Energy • Preservation, Natural Resources Valorisation &

Ecological Chemistry Process • Man Health and Well-being

Environment, Life, Food and Planet

Priority subjects:

• Food-Process• Biodiversity-Ecology-Evolution• Integrative Biology, Plants & Interactions• Earth-Water

Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Systems

Priority subjects:

• Mathematics• Computer Science• Physics• Systems• Mecanics

Social and Human Sciences - Education

Priority subjects:

• Management of new technologies• Trainer education and teaching methodology

Research Dynamism 47 research structures:• 40 Joint Research Units (UMR)

• 7 Research Federative Structures

6 Doctoral Schools

1 032 PhD students in 40 laboratories

300 PhD graduated & 69 HDR in 2012

2 700 scientific publications / year

Close collaboration work with 10 national organisms

Reseach key figures 2012 • > than 200 contracts signed with industrial partners

• > than 20 projects selected FP7 (European Union) representing 7 M€

• > than 50 projects financed by the National Research Agency, representing 10 M€

• 225 patent families followed

Participation in 40 “Investments for the Future” successful projects financed by the French Government, of which:

• 18 LabEx (3 coordinated by UM2)• 7 EquipEx (1 coordinated by UM2)• 1 Technological Transfer Acceleration Company: Ax LR

Close collaboration work with national Research structures

UM2 aims to:

• keep a Research coherence common to all its academic faculties and laboratories

• collaborate with leading Research

institutions as:

- CNRS, INRA, INRIA, CEA,

IRD, CIRAD, INSERM, IRSTEA,

IFREMER

- BRGM, CNES

Van Allen FoundationNanosats @ UM2

Objective 1: Educate Students in the field of new technologies

Challenge 1: Develop a Synergy between Industry/ Research / Education:Challenge 2: Become a leader in nanosatellites for environment

Missions: Remote sensing and

technology demonstration

Objective 2: Promote Innovation in research labsIES, LIRMM, LMGC

Tools:Funding from Van Allen Foundation

Space center: Designs, fabricates, assembles, tests and operates Nanosats

Benefits:International CollaborationsIndustrial CollaborationsAstrium, Intespace, TRAD, 3Dplus, Microcameras, Tecnalia

Launch :« Fly Your Satellite » ESA Program

University governance

President: Michel Robert

•3 Central Council Vice-Presidents

(Board of Directors, Scientific Council and Studies and Campus life)

•1 Vice-President of Students

•1 Governance committee

•1 Committee of Directors

President DGS

Cabinet

Communication

Management and Audit Control

Health and Safety Officer

Accountant Officer

DAG General issues

DSI Information System

DRH Human Resources

DPE Capital & Environment

DAF Financial Management

DVC Campus life

DDE Studies

DRED Research and Doctoral Schools

DDP Partnerships

Organisation chart

UM2 main missions

• Initial & continuing education• Scientific & technological Research• Development of Research• Counselling & employability• Cultural diffusion & scientific and technical

information • Participation in the construction of the European

Space for Higher Education & Research• International cooperation

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UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

THE LIBRARY OF SCIENCES

INTERNATIONAL

International: key data 300 on-going Erasmus agreements 2 275 foreign students 16 official visits from foreign delegations in 2012

800 UM2 students spend at least one semester abroad

2/5 PhDs come from abroad 1/3 of the publications are co-signed with foreign

authors

International flagship projects Erasmus program (student and staff mobility within the Europe

In 2012-2013, 239 UM2 students benefited from a study period or an internship abroad thanks to the Erasmus program

Erasmus Mundus Action 1European Master’s EM3E (Membrane Engineering) coordinated by UM2 and 2

Master’s as a partner: MaMaSelf (materials) and MEME (evolutionary biology)

Erasmus Mundus Action 22 new projects coordinated by UM2 accepted in 2012 and 10 projects as a

partner university:

- South-East Asia: PANACEA

- Caucasus and Ukraine: BACKIS

UM2 is currently coordinating 5 EMA2 projects (AVERROES 3 et 4 , MAHEVA) and is partner in 13 projects.

International flagship projectsTempus Sucsid – Entrepreneurship/University

UM2 coordinates this project in partnership with Ukrainian, Moldovan and Belarusian universities.

Tempus Defi Averroès – Liaison University/Business - internships, students employability in Maghreb and Lebanon.

Université des Sciences et Technologies de Hanoi (USTH) – 1 international laboratory + 400 teaching hours)

Confucius Institute in close cooperation with the University of Electronic Science and

Technology of China in Chengdu (UESTC) / launch announced in 2013 (in partnership with

Rector’s Office – City Council – Universities)

Opening-up to the world• UM2 leads a real prospection policy and hires foreign students,

professors and researchers through prestigious academic cooperation and excellence networking

• UM2 aims to become a leader in terms of foreign students flow, develop international-oriented courses adapted to non French-speaking students

 

Student and staff mobility – UM2 top priority:• Worldwide partnerships thanks to various mobility programs• Close relationships with South-East Asia and Mediterranean countries

and plans to further strengthen these collaborations in the near future

Botany: 2nd French herbarium, 3,5 million of samples

Zoology: 40 000 items

Palaeontology: 1,5 million of specimens

Mineralogy: 3 000 deposit samples

Ethnology: 120 objects (from Kanak, Papou and Maori cultures)

Contemporary scientific and technical heritage in partnership with the CNAM

Collection of old scientific equipment (XVIII and XIXth century): astronomy, physics, chemistry, etc.

An outstanding historical and An outstanding historical and scientific heritagescientific heritage

UM1/UM2 merger: a shared ambition

2 complementary universities, a common history, founding the new University of Montpellier in January 2015

MONTPELLIER’S MAIN SQUARE

MEDITERRANEAN SEA8 km from Montpellier city center

Montpellier Agglomération Territorial Advantages

• The fastest population growth in France, benefiting from an ideal, central location between Northern

Europe, the Middle East and Africa:

Twice the rate of national demographic growth by 2020-2030*

43% of the population under 30 years old*

• A business and scientific community that attracts world leaders:

Leading location in France in terms of public-sector research intensity*

5 excellence sectors supported by 7 competitiveness clusters, plus numerous

other clusters and internationally-oriented professionnal associations:

• Health: Sanofi, Horiba Medical, Bausch+Lomb

• Agronomics: Kraft Jacob Suchard (Kraft Foods industrial group)

• ICT: IBM, Dell, Ubisoft, Intel, Free, Orange

• Environment: Schlumberger, EDF, Deinove, GDF Suez Group

• Water: Véolia Water, Egis Water

* ref. National Institute for Statistics

• Highly qualified workforce:

- 60,000 students, including 15% international students, in Montpellier Sud de France Universities

- 6 engineering schools: Telecom School, Polytechnic Feminine School, Polytech, School of Mines,

SupAgro, National School of Chemistry, and numerous renowed management schools

• Recognized quality of life:

- Montpellier appeals to 78% of managers and business owners (TNS Sofres Institute)

- 4 tramway lines now in operation and a fifth in the planning stages (for launch in 2017), providing

service to 84% of the local population

- 5th

largest university hospital in France (ref. Le Point newspaper)

- Intense cultural activity: Montpellier Danse Festival, Radio France Festival, etc.

- 300 sunny days a year along the Mediterranean seaside

EDUCATION: THE « LMD » SYSTEM

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